<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">We started using this (fairly new) alternative, which is basically rat birth control. They did a compelling study on Queen Anne, and it has been tested elsewhere with similar results. I live in Seattle’s Central District where there are <i class="">a lot </i><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">of rats, and I have seen a </span><i class="">dramatic</i><span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> decrease in numbers since I, and my neighbors, started using the rat birth control. </span><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://raptorsarethesolution.org/poison-free-by-2023/" class="">https://raptorsarethesolution.org/poison-free-by-2023/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We get ours here. </div><div class=""><a href="https://contrapeststore.com/pages/shop" class="">https://contrapeststore.com/pages/shop</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">There are also some pest control companies that are starting to carry it and, if you ask, will put that in the bait stations instead of rodenticide. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Jill</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 16, 2023, at 9:45 AM, Gene Beall <<a href="mailto:gene.beall@gmail.com" class="">gene.beall@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class="">
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<div class=""><p class="">A couple years ago we transitioned away from using any loose bird
seed and started using only hot pepper suet cakes and seed
cylinders. We no longer have any problem with rodents or
squirrels. We get the small Hot Pepper No Melt Suet Dough cakes
at Home Depot and the big 5-lb Hot Pepper No-Mess seed cylinders
at Wild Birds Unlimited (also available in smaller 1.75-lb
cylinders). The seed cylinders are a bit pricey but well worth it
to avoid using any other rodent control.</p><p class="">Gene Beall<br class="">
Sammamish, WA<br class="">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/16/23 09:20, Alan Roedell wrote:<br class="">
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<div dir="auto" class="">Interesting article. If you feed birds, you're
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